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New research adds to our understanding of the function of the human genome. An international team of researchers has made ...

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Research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution introduces a novel method for inferring DNA methylation patterns in non-skeletal tissues from ancient specimens, providing new insights into human ...

An international team of researchers has taken an important step toward understanding how gene expression is controlled ...

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Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick ...